Spiritual Perfraion. to love our neighbour as our felves, is like themolt divine Precept of loving the Lord our God. We read in that Solemn Pro- clamation of God's Name , when his Glory paft before Mofes, that to the Ti- tle of Lord God, there was immediately annext, Merciful and Gracious, abundant in Goodnefs ; to fignifie that Goodnefs is his deareft Glory and in the Divine Law , next to Piety to God , Charity to our Neighbour is Commanded, to fignifie how pleafing it is' to him. The Gofpel Eclipfes all other inftitutiQns. ,by the Precept of I;niverfal Love, and in' fpiring a delightful difpofition in Chrifti- ans to exercife it This adorns the Go- fpel, and recommends it to the Efeenn and A ffeEtions of Men. A Perron inno- cent and pure, but of a fevere and harfh Temper, condemns by his Holy Con- verfation the Profane and Scandalous but a Good Man charms and captivates the Hearts of others, that one would dare to dye for him. This Duty is pre- Rom. 5. fcrib'd in the Extent, and Qtalifications of it. i . In the Extent , it reaches to all within the compafs of Humanity ; to Strangers and Enemies, in all our deal- ings. Let all things be done with Charity. i Cor. 16. !4 The Relation of Confanguinity is the Natural Caufe of a Bepevolent Affeaion to 235
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